The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-05-22

made the model according TO her vision. She
used for material in making the model old oyster
cups Her idea carried out will make her
fortune. She is the only coiored woman invent
or in the world.
On the Battery. near the barge Office, it is pro-
posed to set up large bronze tablet with the
following inscription: Here. at tie White Hall.
General Washington took barge on the 4th day
of December 1888. after his farewell to his Of
fcers. Erected by the New York Southern So
ciety. in behalf of the citizens OF New York,
Feb %, 1885,
JUSTICE HARLAN, of the United States SUI
preme Court, has three able and ambitious
One, who was graduated at Princeton four years
ago, is now Presbyterian minister in Boston,
and receives a salary of Sc, 900 year. Another
son is a lawyer in Chicago. with rapidly in
creasing practice. A third will be graduated
from the Columbia Law School next month.
THE Rev. S. f. Smith, the author of "My
Country IT'S of Thee" who has just been given
a reception in Chicago, a felow-classmate
of Oliver Wendell Holmes. Holmes makes
characteristic allusion to him in one of his class
poems
Here comes Young fellow of excellent pith.
Fate tried to conceal him by naming him Smith.
Mrs. FAwcErT, widow of the iustrious En-
glish has refused to join the
womens movement led by Mrs. Gladstone
against the crimes BILL 81 one of those"
she explains, who think that those who kill or
shoot their neighbors, MAIN cattle. cut off the
hair of girls and pour tsr their heads
ought to be punished, whether they live in Ire
land or in England"
REV DIR. THOMAS Assistant Bishop of Kansas.
who graduated from Yale in 1859, was widely
known in college and in after life scientific
chess player. He suddenly gave up playing, and
explained his conduct by saying: Il found that
took SO much interest in the game that when
was beaten it aroused in me feelings that could
not conscien tiously maintain. There was moth
ing left for me TO do but TO give up chess, and
did So"
HARPER's Weekly: At the ball grounds He
take it you're quite up in the game, Miss
Snigglefitz. She-Rather! Grandpa's first base
in the Life Insurance" nine; pa's pitcher for the
''Oleomargarines;' my two brothers are IN the
''Bangtown College" nine two uncles and three
cousins are in the Heterogeneous" and if you'll
promise not to give it away. Mr.. Tompkins. IN
just eonfide to you that I'm engaged to Billy"
Shocks, the umpire.
THE Queen of Roumania fell into throne by
falling downstairs. When there was king
dom of Roumania in existence she had
lauehingly said: 81 do not want to marry unless
can be Queen of Roumania." Running down
the palace stairs at Berlin day, her foot
slipped. and she would probably have been killed
but for Prince Charles, of Hohenzollern, who
saw her danger, and caught her in his out
stretched arms When Roumania chose him
for ruler he claimed the Princess his bride.
TELL. us what kept Ben: Perley Poore7
For we have asked in 7an.
Did tight shoes make the Indian corna
lynn Item.
And in what hand does Carroll Wright
And where does Cabot LodVel
What lion did Alanson Beardl
What foe did Abigail Dodgel
Cape Ann Breeze.
Who scrubs and irons all Carl Schurz9
With whom does George Francis Traina
Can anyone approach Bill Nyet
What copy" man would dare Mark Twainf
-Charlestown Enterprise.
Boston Letter: Don't hasten" I said to the
very pleasant and interesting young lady who
was calling on me. II must" she replied; II
have promised to give Mrs. IS little son q
treatment this afternoon us he ILL" / in
quired. "Ob. no. but he is inclined to be jeai-
GUS. and his mother wants me to treat that out
of his mind before they go away" The lady
of the mind curers,' woman fairly educated
and remarkably intelligent, poised, and calm.
She believes evil tendencies be extracted by
thought from the minds of the children, and
who shall say that there is not here true prin-
cip!e, and one that the great educators have
used without consciously formulating it,
THE curious statement has got abroad in
Europe tn at the Hon. Frederick Douglass has
denied his belief in the existence of God. In
contradiction, Mr.. Douglass says. in the Amer
lean Register. II never tda2ly' otherwise
told any that did not believe in God. No
such thought is in my heart. and such
thought has passed my lips and cannot mag
inc how any man can have inferred such an idea
from any words of mine. To those who know
me, this contradiction is unnecessary: but it may
he otherwise with those who do not know me.
Fret not thy self because of the evIl-doers, is
text that often consoled me in the past, and con-
soles me now when find myself misinterpreted
and misrepresented by those who speak of me in
the public press and elsewhere"